Texas Republicans Just Voted To Debate Seceding From The United States

A fringe movement that advocates for Texas seceding
from the United States reports that 22 Republican district or county
conventions in the Lone Star state successfully passed resolutions last month calling for a formal discussion of secession at the state convention in May.
Texas GOP Chairman Tom Mechler isn’t convinced that that many
conventions had approved resolutions of secession and said he “would be
very surprised” if that number was correct. The Houston Chronicle
reached out to GOP officials from all of the counties listed, but only
ten of the counties responded to say that yes, the resolutions had
indeed been passed. It will most likely be May before the count is
officially confirmed.
The pro-independence activist group, the Texas Nationalist Movement,
which is responsible for pushing the issue forward, has come a long way
since 2012 when only one county convention passed a secession
resolution.

A party committee will consider the resolutions for debate on the
floor of the Texas GOP convention, which is scheduled for May 12-14.
Because of the number of independence resolutions, the odds are
increased that it will be approved for debate.
But don’t get too excited yet, because even if the topic does make it
to the floor for debate, the idea of secession is expected to be shot
down rather quickly and will likely be little more than an awkward
conversation. Although the number of counties that approved secession
resolutions increased substantially from 2012, it is still only a small
handful of the hundreds of counties in Texas.
Just in case you were wondering, the Supreme Court ruled that states
do not have the right to secede way back in 1869. Naturally,
secessionists argue that the laws of a country don’t really apply
anymore once a state has declared independence. This would, however,
force the federal government to respond. The last time a group of states
got together and decided they were seceding from the Union it didn’t
work out too well for them, which is something these present-day
secessionists may want to consider.
There is so far no word on what the secession of Texas would mean for Donald Trump’s yuge wall.